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Projectionist Rental
Looking for projectionists? well
look no further. Proscreens supply projectionists for your every need.
We are able to provide projectionists to clients for sickness, holidays,
extra workloads and emergencies. Also we are able to place
projectionists on long term temporary assignments, thereby allowing the
client to retain maximum flexibility with regard to cost a deployment.
Rental a freelance projectionist has advantages to your budget as this
will be classed as a service and therefore tax deductible. Also will not
affect your appointed salary budget.
Our aim is to supply the right projectionist to
suit your equipment and requirements of your cinema. You will be
surprised of the price of rental.
Contact Us
For Free advice and quotations just give call
Ex chief projectionist at Odeon and UGC Theatres
Telephone: 07876 755357 Vodafone
Email:
Proscreens@googlemail.com
film screenings / cinema technical consultant
What a projectionist
does
Showing films is only part of a projectionist’s work. His first job is
to ensure that the projection and ancillary equipment is maintained to a
high standard.
When he receives the film from the renter, he checks its condition and
makes up the programme by splicing the reels together and including
trailers, announcements and adverts.
He checks the screen ratio (Academy, widescreen or Cinemascope) and
sound system (analogue, SRD, SDDS, DTS) employed on the film and ensures
that the correct lens and masking plate are on the projector and that
the screen masking has been set accordingly.
He then laces the film through the projector and stars the show, dimming
the lights and opening the tabs (curtains).
While the film is running, he keeps a watchful eye and ear to ensure
that the picture remains in focus and in rack, that the film is not
scratched and that the sound is maintained at the correct level and is
not distorted.
The projectionist is also in charge of the non-sync (to play music
before the film and in the intermission), cinema lighting, heating and
ventilation and other electrical and mechanical equipment.
He must be familiar with front-of-house systems from popcorn sales to
computerized ticketing. He needs a good working knowledge of local
licensing laws and health and safety requirements.
To stay in business, the projectionist must keep up to date with all the
latest technical developments relating to the cinema / theatres.
Most projectors are currently mechanical devices with film passing
through them using a technology going back to the 1890s, but the digital
revolution is set to change that.
As higher resolution images become possible and the equipment more
affordable, digital cinema will become increasingly common.
The projectionist is, above all, a showman. In the old days his artistic
control of the house lights, footlights, title curtain and sometimes the
special
projected scenic effects as well as the non-sync (to play music at the
beginning of the show and during the intermission) was the trademark of
a well run picture palace.
Although many cinemas no longer have footlights, curtains or effects
machines, facilities
once found even in some of the humblest cinemas, a good projectionist
will nevertheless put on a good show with whatever is at his disposal.
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